From creating a French opera to recreating 18th century Venice from the view of Venetian painter, Canaletto…the VoxelBox is capable of anything.

Today, we present the project we’ve been creating for the Brooks Museum in Memphis:

Exploring “The Grand Canal from the Campo San Vio”

This project is the first time the VoxelBox has used its newly formed mechanics team to help breathe life into the world. Users will interact with historical figures to become a part of daily Venetian life.

[Editor’s note: This project is not available for download, but is available at the exhibit.]

Not only have we created a visually stunning and accurate portrayal of 18th Venice, we have populated it with contemporaries of the painter, Canaletto.

Some of the characters you will meet is Canaletto’s agent, Joseph Smith and his wife Catherine Toft, the composer Vivaldi, and George Proctor…who first owned the painting.

Where can I go to experience this?

This project is part of an exhibit shown in Memphis by the Brooks Museum. The exhibition will be live from June 6th to September 13th, 2015. For more information or any questions about the Brooks Museum and the exhibit:

Tell us what you think!

These days, the theme and direction of our projects are dictated by our clients.

This isn’t a bad thing, we love the work we do.

The projects we take on are always interesting, varied, and incredibly fun.

Every so often, something special comes along.

And we’re asked if we can pull off something completely ridiculous.

Of course, we always do, and in March, such a project came along.

A New York based multimedia artist, Alexandra Posen approach the VoxelBox with a wildly different idea:

To bring the world of opera and Minecraft together for a series of performances put on by the Bare Opera.

Alright, here’s the plan…

I wasn’t present for the entire meeting, but I have it on good authority this is an accurate abridged version of how the meeting went:

Let’s create the visuals for L’Enfant et les Sortilèges in under 40 days. Let’s build and film it entirely in Minecraft. Here, have creative control. Go forth and make something incredible. In 40 days.

What actually happened?

The opera tells a story about a naughty young boy and the lesson he learns from household objects and garden creatures which magically come to life.

We worked incredibly hard to make this production a reality.

Set aside an hour of your day to sit down, watch it, and consider how Minecraft is being used in combination with other art forms.

But what does it all mean?

Leave a comment, or send us a tweet!

We’ve partnered with Bare Opera and artist Alexandra Posen to create another new twist into how Minecraft is used! The Bare Opera company will perform this opera live, while a projection of the visuals we’ve created plays alongside them.

Where will this take place?
Robert Miller Gallery (524 W 26th St, Chelsea NYC)

L’enfant et les Sortilèges will be a full 50 minute production and story created within Minecraft. After the live opera performances have finished, we will be able to show the full video on our channel. If you can’t attend, don’t worry, you won’t miss out!

In the next few weeks, we’ll be providing more info and behind the scenes videos about the opera itself. Make sure not to miss it!

We are very excited to see this series launch!

Hey folks, we are here with your very first and probably only server-only expansion for The Muk-Luk Lodge!

Check out the server here:
mc.thevoxelbox.com:25570

Bobbie is back from vacation!

Before we get into the new features, here’s a quick update of some of the bugs we fixed:

Cured Erna of her tendencies to wander off into the mountains for no particular reason

Told Erna to quit being in a bad mood and give the riddles for people holding the Clue Key

Players will not longer keep Regeneration & Saturation when relogging while competing in Sumo

Told the Public Announcement System to only let players use it once every 10 seconds

Told Nappy Bonapenguin it was OK to keep accepting ONLY books that haven’t been read. Don’t be so nosey.

…and some other minor cutesy stuff

Now I know you’re probably asking yourself, “Self, what are the cool new things?!”

We want to address a few issues with this update, the first is the major amount of meanie butts on our server who are just running around and killing people. It’s just not right! And it’s mean!

Luckily, our friend Bobbie the Polar Bear is finally back from vacation. If you bring him some Hot Mushroom Soup, he’ll give you a pair of Polize Aviators. You put these babies on, and you will become THE POLIZE!